From the 2020 summit site: – Professor Glyn Davis – Chair – Dr David Morgan – Future directions for the Australian economy – Mr Warwick Smith – Economic infrastructure, the digital economy and the future of our cities – Mr… Read More ›
Sociology
“Honey, what’s five plus three?”
Via Copyranter, this ad for “Love Machine” condoms. (Extra thick? Anaesthetic-endowed? Who knows?) Their other ad has a join-the-dots bunny centred on a headless woman’s navel. What market are they going for? The chaps who are thinking, “What?! You want… Read More ›
Congratulations Shakesville!
Congratulations to Shakesville for winning the Best International Feminist Blog in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards! Check out the rest of the winners, too. There is some terrific feminist writing out of Canada.
“Revealed: the Butcher of Bega”
[image source: the Daily Telegraph. The book in his hand is, I believe, Kathy Reichs’ novel “Bones to Ashes“, the story of a forensic scientist investigating the murders of three teenage girls. Fucking creepy.] There is a followup article on… Read More ›
Historical scenes of sexual equality: must be fiction, or just some ritual
Bolded emphasis mine: In order to understand their relatively enlightened attitudes toward sexual equality, it is important to realise that the Egyptians viewed their universe as a complete duality of male and female. Giving balance and order to all things… Read More ›
“Older women […] are inclined to be cantankerous and fussy.”
Via Get Shouty: Danger! Women At Work! A 1943 Guide to Hiring Women, from Transportation Magazine. Scans of the original can be found at snopes [caution, pop-ups and such]. Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees There’s… Read More ›
Breaking news: double standard alive and well
Watch the conservative pundits grease their spinning wheels to play up how Cindy McCain standing by John when allegations surface of an affair is a sign of twoo wuv and devotion and obviously totally different in every possible way to… Read More ›
“For the first time, it is possible to determine by a simple, rapid and inexpensive method if a woman has got a G spot or not.”
Well, surprise me cunt! “We’ve hit the G spot, say scientists”. Yet another Italian science team has added to the body of “knowledge” by claiming that some women have G-spots and some don’t. Emmanuele Jannini writes about developing a “clinical… Read More ›
“Just because you can see it, doesn’t mean it’s yours.”: the political misappropriation of personal pain
Regular readers may have noticed that I have a tendency to start serieses that I don’t finish. Well, I’ve finally got a second installment in 52 Acts of Political Correctness. The original 52something meme is here – do feel free… Read More ›
Ralph readers vote Julia Gillard deputy sex object of the year
[image source: the Age] Via the fabulous Ms Fits at Reasons You Will Hate Me, our Deputy PM Julia Gillard has been voted Australia’s Second Sexiest Woman – by readers of puerile supersoftcore fapmag Ralph. Gillard laughed it off. What… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 